Family and friends gather during the interment ceremony for Col. (Ret.) Bernard Fisher at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery August 25, 2014, in Boise, Idaho. He was presented the Congressional Medal of Honor for risking his life going above and beyond the call of duty to save a fellow pilot who had been shot down at A Shau Air Base during the battle of A Shau Valley, March 10, 1966. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Morse/RELEASED)
Funeral attendees disperse after honoring Col. (Ret.) Bernard Fisher in his final resting place at Idaho State Veterans Cemetery August 25, 2014, at Boise, Idaho. In 1967, then Maj. Fisher became the first living Air Force Medal of Honor recipient when he was presented the medal at a White House Ceremony by then President Lyndon B. Johnson. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Morse/RELEASED)
A bugler stands at attention during the interment of Col. (Ret.) Bernard Fisher at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery August 25, 2014, in Boise, Idaho. Fisher, who was born in San Bernadino, Calif., on January 11, 1927, grew up in Clearfield, Utah, and first called Kuna, Idaho, home after his discharge from the U.S. Navy V-6 program in 1946. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Morse/RELEASED)
The flag is flown at half staff to signify the loss of Col. (Ret.) Bernard Fisher at Fisher at Idaho State Veterans Cemetery August 25, 2014, at Boise, Idaho. While assigned to the 1st Air Commando Squadron at Pleiku, South Vietnam, he received nationwide publicity for his actions during the battle of A Shau Valley in which he rescued a downed pilot by landing his A-1E Skyraider on a shrapnel-ridden runway and under heavy ground fire. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Morse/RELEASED)
Attendees watch the funeral of Col. (Ret.) Bernard Fisher at Idaho State Veterans Cemetery August 25, 2014, at Boise, Idaho. In 1967, then Maj. Fisher became the first living Air Force Medal of Honor recipient when he was presented the medal at a White House Ceremony by then President Lyndon B. Johnson. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Malissa Lott/RELEASED)
Mountain Home Air Force Base Honor Guard presented the folded flag at the internment of Col. (Ret.) Bernard Fisher at Idaho State Veterans Cemetery August 25, 2014, at Boise, Idaho. Fisher arrived at the 124th Fighter Interceptor Group (ANG), in Boise in July 1971 and retired from this assignment July 30, 1974, making Kuna his permanent home. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Malissa Lott/RELEASED)
Maj. Gen. Gary Sayler presents the United States flag to Brad Fisher at Idaho State Veterans Cemetery August 25, 2014, at Boise, Idaho. While assigned to the 1st Air Commando Squadron at Pleiku, South Vietnam, he received nationwide publicity for his actions during the battle of A Shau Valley in which he rescued a downed pilot by landing his A-1E Skyraider on a shrapnel-ridden runway and under heavy ground fire. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Malissa Lott/RELEASED)